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UK struggles to regulate booming CBD businesses

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Producers and researchers in the UK are setting the standards themselves as regulations lag. The post UK struggles to regulate booming CBD businesses appeared first on Leafly.

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Social Media Bans on CBD Ads Make No Sense

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Last month, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a now widely shared keynote speech at an Anti Defamation League event in New York, in which he spared no harsh words for social media companies who he claims provide a platform for hate speech and the proliferation of fake news. In his speech, Cohen offered sharp criticisms for social media executives’ weak justifications for allowing this to occur, and offered suggestions on how to clean up the mess he claims they created.

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Stats Canada report: $908M worth of cannabis sold in first year of legalization

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New Statistics Canada report shows the country failed to hit sales projections as illicit economies managed to stay alive in key markets. The post Stats Canada report: $908M worth of cannabis sold in first year of legalization appeared first on Leafly.

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Baking with CBD

Cannabis Law Report

Baking with CBD. Thanks to the opening of the green floodgates that the 2018 Farm Bill provided, hemp-derived cannabidiol or CBD has captured mainstream attention. Offering the myriad benefits of the cannabis sativa plant but without the psychoactive and debilitating impact of excess tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), legal CBD products have converted many curious onlookers.

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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How PurePressure’s rosin press technology makes solventless processing a no-brainer

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PurePressure's commercial rosin press technology makes creating solventless concentrates easy for cannabis brands that want to expand their inventory. The post How PurePressure’s rosin press technology makes solventless processing a no-brainer appeared first on Leafly.

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How to get a job in Michigan’s new cannabis industry

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The expansion from medical to adult-use means more opportunity. Here's how to get in. The post How to get a job in Michigan’s new cannabis industry appeared first on Leafly.

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Does CBD Get You High?

Cannabis Law Report

Does CBD Get You High? For several years prior to the 2018 Farm Bill, many interested observers of the cannabis space closely monitored an increasingly compelling subsegment: medical marijuana. Due to the hundreds of cannabinoids – including cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – working symbiotically within the cannabis plant, patients could experience what’s known as the entourage effect.

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It’s now illegal to carry cannabis without an excise stamp in Manitoba

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Plus, Manitoba introduces new provincial 30 gram public possession limits, allowing provincial police to issue fines of nearly $700. The post It’s now illegal to carry cannabis without an excise stamp in Manitoba appeared first on Leafly.

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Today’s Answer of the Day

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Are there any strategies in which patients with chronic non-cancer pain can find their optimal dosing regimen without consuming high doses of THC? As stated by the authors of “Brief Commentary: Cannabinoid Dosing for Chronic Pain Management” in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “We advocate a “start-low, go-slow” dosing philosophy, applied to both quantity and adverse effect profiles.

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And Leafly’s 2019 strain of the year is…

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Year after year, strain after strain, we smoke the best cannabis on the planet. While "best" is subjective, popularity and impact are definite, and in 2019, Leafly has a champion: Wedding Cake. The post And Leafly’s 2019 strain of the year is… appeared first on Leafly.

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The Roll-Up #119: Can you patent weed?

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David Bienenstock unveils the wild world of cannabis patent inventors, assignees, and trolls. The post The Roll-Up #119: Can you patent weed? appeared first on Leafly.

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12 Days of Giveaways: Win $500+ in prizes from Burb, Ohai, and QWEST

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It's Day 6 of Leafly Canada's 12 Days of Giveaways and we're giving away a few of our favourite things. The post 12 Days of Giveaways: Win $500+ in prizes from Burb, Ohai, and QWEST appeared first on Leafly.

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This Niagara LP is changing the preroll game

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The post This Niagara LP is changing the preroll game appeared first on Leafly.

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